Senior Backend Software Engineer

Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals.

Via is looking for a talented Senior Full Stack/Backend Software Engineer to join our R&D center in Sofia. As Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will be part of an Engineering team responsible for Via’s production of world-class, highly scalable backend microservices and robust infrastructure to deliver Via's powerful TransitTech platform across the globe. You will also build the cloud-based tools that enable Via's dispatch operators and drivers to seamlessly handle real-time mobility on a mass scale.

What You’ll Do

• Take an active role in shaping Via’s architecture, as well as introduce new technologies and standards.
• Design and implement engineering solutions for our services that allow them to grow and scale. 
• Build effective cloud infrastructure scaling solutions.
• Build and maintain high performance services responsible for the core logic of Via’s services.
• Work in an agile environment and deliver high-quality code.

Who You Are

• minimum of 5 years of experience as a backend software engineer using Python & Java or Python & React/ Javascript/ Typescript
• Experience building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar experience.
• Familiar with cloud-based deployment (Preferred: AWS)
• You are not afraid of multitasking or switching between different programming languages, each suitable for different tasks
• You are a fast learner; you can quickly master concepts, disciplines and methods
• You are a flexible team player with great communication skills
• You are pragmatic; when you hear about a difficult problem, you are able to simplify it so that you can easily solve it
• You are concise; you get stuff done in a simple, elegant way
• Fluent in Bulgarian and English